Sheboygan's first McDonald's restaurant, pictured here in the 1950s, was on North Avenue near Calumet Drive. It was the first of four McDonald's to eventually be built in Sheboygan.

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Beth Dippel
Special to Sheboygan Press Media

Friday, June 19, 1958, brought the grand opening of Sheboygan County's very first McDonald's. George Tuttle, the local owner-manager of this pioneer McDonald's, built his "hamburger palace" on North Avenue just west of Calumet Drive in the city of Sheboygan.

The drive-in and walk-up, fast-food restaurant was the 121st McDonald's franchise granted in the United States and the third in Wisconsin. It offered only three food items that year: hamburgers with the works for 15 cents, French fries for 10 cents and cheeseburgers, also with the works, for 20 cents. Beverages on the menu included ...